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French distributors Memento Films have revealed that they are planning to release on Blu-ray Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan's (Climates, Three Monkeys) Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011). Earlier this year, the film won the Grand Prize of the Jury (Best Film) at the Cannes Film Festival.

The French branch of Universal Studios has set a preliminary release date for directors David Foenkinos and Stéphane Foenkinos' La délicatesse a.k.a Nathalie (2011), starring Audrey Tautou (Amelie), Audrey Fleurot (Midnight in Paris), François Damiens (Heartbreaker), and Bruno Todeschini (Switch). The preliminary release date set by the studio is May 23.

Amazon is offering a special $5 off coupon for Puss in Boots. This promotional
discount applies to the two-disc Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy combo pack as well as the three-
disc 3D Blu-ray edition; the coupon is available until January 15th, 2012.

Next year, PBS Home Entertainment will bring Downton Abbey: Season Two to Blu-ray. The six-time Emmy Award-winner - it won, among others, the "Outstanding Miniseries or Movie" Emmy - focuses on the lives and loves of both the Crawley family and their servants. Downton Abbey: Season Two streets on February 7th, 2012.

For the week ending 12/25/11, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2,
topped the Blu-ray sales chart for the fourth time. The last film in the popular Harry
Potter series was a huge success for Warner Bros. as it finished its theatrical run with
an amazing worldwide total of $1.3 billion. Harry and friends enchanted 40% of their total
disc sales from Blu-ray buyers.

Next month, Twilight Time will bring both Picnic and The Roots of Heaven to Blu-ray. Picnic is director Joshua Logan's 1955 screen adaptation of the popular William Inge play, while The Roots of Heaven finds director John Huston (The African Queen) telling a story of adventure and wildlife conservation in French Equitorial Africa. Picnic and The Roots of Heaven street on January 17th, 2012.

Next year, Acorn Media will bring Series 3 of Poirot to Blu-ray. The popular television adaptation of Agatha Christie's mystery novels stars David Suchet (The Bank Job) as beloved Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot. This series set presents the program not just in HD, but in its original UK broadcast order. Poirot: Series 3 streets on March 6th, 2012.

Starz/Anchor Bay will release on Blu-ray Alex Stapleton's documentary Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011). Screened at the Sundance Film Festival and the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, this new documentary takes a look at the cult director's legacy and explores the influence he has had on many of Hollywood's most prominent actors and filmmakers.

Austrian distributors NSM have revealed that they are planning to release a 3-disc set (BD/2DVD) of director Michael Armstrong's (The Haunted House of Horror) controversial Mark of the Devil (1970), starring Udo Kier (Flesh for Frankenstein), Herbert Lom (The Dead Zone), Reggie Nalder (Salem's Lot), and Herbert Fux (Eugenie). The preliminary release date set by the distributors is March 16th.

Paramount Home Entertainment will release the 3D version of Transformers: Dark of the Moon on Blu-ray next month. The third installment in director Michael Bay's action series follows Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf, Disturbia) as he and the Autobots make a last stand against the Decepticons. The Blu-ray 3D combo pack of Transformers: Dark of the Moon will street on January 31st, 2012.

Next year, Kino Video will bring Lost Keaton: Sixteen Comedy Shorts to Blu-ray. This set collects the sixteen short features that Buster Keaton made for Educational Pictures between 1934 and 1937. Lost Keaton: Sixteen Comedy Shorts is expected to street on March 20th, 2012.

Amazon's Blu-ray Deal of the Week affects selected films from the Criterion Collection. The five sale titles include 12 Angry Men, The Killing, Rules of the Game, Kuroneko, and Carlos. Through December 31st, Amazon is offering each Blu-ray for 46% off its standard MSRP.

One of the 1960's most acclaimed religious epics was released by MGM in Super Technirama 70. For a special holiday Silver Screen column, read on to learn about this spectacular production released on a superb Blu-ray from Warner Home Video. Lost photos, lobby cards, on-set stories and behind-the-scenes interviews await.

Following their official announcement of Joseph Zito's Red Scorpion, independent British distributors Arrow Films have revealed that they are planning to release two more action films in March: Ian Sharp's Who Dares Wins a.k.a The Final Option (1982), and Andrew V. McLaglen's The Wild Geese (1978).

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has revealed plans to bring Take Shelter to Blu-ray. The sophomore feature from director Jeff Nichols (Shotgun Stories), this psychological drama focuses on a loving husband and father (Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road) unsure if the terrifying dreams he is experiencing are harbingers of an apocalyptic event or merely symptomatic of mental illness. Take Shelter is expected to street on February 14th, 2012.

In an early announcement to retailers, the UK branch of Paramount Home Entertainment has revealed that it will release Triple Play and Triple Play 3D Blu-ray editions of Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn (2011). The studio has not yet revealed the official technical specs and exact supplemental features to be included with these releases. Street date is March 19th.

Independent British distributors High Fliers have revealed that they will release on Blu-ray director John Langridge's first feature film Four (2011), starring Martin Compston, Craig Conway, and Kierston Wareing. Exact technical specs, region coding status and supplemental features for this release are unknown at the moment. Street date is March 26th.

For the week ending 12/18/2011, Rise of the Planet of the Apes easily reached the
No. 1 spot on both the Blu-ray and the overall package media sales charts. Produced with
a modest budget of $93 million, the latest installment in the Planet of the
Apes franchise went on to become a surprising hit and finished its worldwide theatrical
box office run with a total of $481 million.

New Line and Warner Home Entertainment will bring A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas to Blu-ray next year. The third installment in the raunchy Harold and Kumar series follows the two leads (John Cho, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, and Kal Penn, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay) as they try to replace Harold's father-in-law's Christmas tree. A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas streets on February 7th, 2012.

Amazon's Blu-ray Gold Box Deal of the Day affects the Pirates of the Caribbean: Four Movie Collection. Walt Disney Home Entertainment's box set includes all four entries in this popular adventure franchise alongside a wide assortment of special features. Through today only, Amazon is offering the Pirates of the Caribbean: Four Movie Collection for $76.49 (a 55% markdown from its SRP of $169.99).

The UK branch of Studio Canal will release a Double Play edition of director Nick Murphy's first feature film The Awakening (2011), starring Rebecca Hall, Dominic West, and Imelda Staunton. Exact technical specs, region coding status and supplemental features to be included on this release are unknown at the moment. The preliminary release date set by the studio is March 26th.

German distributors Concorde Video have revealed that they are planning to release on Blu-ray acclaimed director Roman Polanski's Tess (1979), starring Nastassja Kinski, Leigh Lawson, and Peter Firth. In 1981, the film won three Oscar Awards, including Best Cinematography and Best Best Art Direction-Set Decoration. The preliminary release date set by the distributors is March 15th.

Universal Studios Home Entertainment will bring Johnny English Reborn to Blu-ray next year. Comedian Rowan Atkinson (Johnny English) returns as the title character, a bumbling secret agent forced out of sabbatical when he learns of a secret plan to assassinate a Chinese dignitary. Johnny English Reborn is expected to street on February 28th, 2012.

British distirbutors ITV DVD have announced that they will release on Blu-ray director Roy Ward Baker's A Night to Remember (1958), starring Kenneth More, Honor Blackman, Michael Goodliffe, and David McCallum. Exact technical specs, region coding status and supplemental features to be included on this release are unknown at the moment, but the preliminary release date set by the distributors is March 12th.

The UK branch of Universal Studios has revealed that it will release Triple Play and Limited Edition SteelBook (Blu-ray 3D/Blu-ray/Digital Copy) editions
of director Tarsem Singh's (The Cell, The Fall) latest film Immortals (2011), starring Henry Cavill and Mickey Rourke. The preliminary release date set by the studio is March 5th.

Warner Bros. has just released the first theatrical trailer for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Director
Peter Jackson's highly anticipated prequel to his Lord of the Rings Trilogy focuses on young Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman, Love Actually) as he begins a quest to retrieve a treasure guarded by the dragon Smaug (Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock). The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey's scheduled U.S. release date is December 14th, 2012.

Next year, Walt Disney Home Entertainment will release The Lion King 1½ and The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride on Blu-ray. Previously available only as part of the studio's eight-disc Lion King Trilogy, these two animated films detail the further adventures of the Lion King cast. Both The Lion King 1½ and The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride street on March 6th, 2012.

Next year, Paramount Home Entertainment will release Beavis and Butt-head: Volume 4 on Blu-ray. This set bundles together all of the newly produced episodes centering on filmmaker Mike Judge's notorious cartoon duo. Beavis and Butt-head: Volume 4 is expected to street on February 14th, 2012.